The Enchanted Quest
“They crouched there together, hardly daring to breathe, listening as the door was pushed open.
“They are not here,” declared a guttural voice.
“How can we know that for sure?” asked another. “Commodore Welsh says they have the power of invisibility.”
“Aye,” mocked the first voice, “and I am King of all the Faeries! The women tricked him, that’s all!”
The second voice became low. “Then you do not believe in the powers of the Immortal folk from across the sea?”
“Speak such thoughts only in whispe...rs,” murmured the first. “But I believe the testimony of my own eyes, Dalbach. I would speak this to no other, but Lord Balor is fuddled in his wits if he truly thinks there are Immortal beings beyond the eastern horizon.”
The second voice sounded uneasy now. “You say our lord is mad, then?”
“I say he fears death above all things,” said the first. “He has walked this world one hundred and fifteen years, and he knows the span of his life is drawing to its close.MoreLess
“They are not here,” declared a guttural voice.
“How can we know that for sure?” asked another. “Commodore Welsh says they have the power of invisibility.”
“Aye,” mocked the first voice, “and I am King of all the Faeries! The women tricked him, that’s all!”
The second voice became low. “Then you do not believe in the powers of the Immortal folk from across the sea?”
“Speak such thoughts only in whispe...rs,” murmured the first. “But I believe the testimony of my own eyes, Dalbach. I would speak this to no other, but Lord Balor is fuddled in his wits if he truly thinks there are Immortal beings beyond the eastern horizon.”
The second voice sounded uneasy now. “You say our lord is mad, then?”
“I say he fears death above all things,” said the first. “He has walked this world one hundred and fifteen years, and he knows the span of his life is drawing to its close.MoreLess
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